I began targeting cobia in the Gulf late 1950s and through the 1960s. Caught dozens and dozens. Never found any bait better than live pinfish (even though we called them “shiners” because that’s what we learned from the fishing camp guides in the ‘50s in the Big Bend between St. Marks and Panacea.
Caught and sold pinfish commercially for years. You mentioned using a can of cat food with holes in it for chum. I grind Gulf Menhaden, mix with sand in a bucket, make chum balls and toss into known pinfish areas. If I'm throwing the net off the beach, I'll toss a ball of chum, make a line in the sand to mark the spot, walk down the beach a few yards and repeat. Do this about four times, go back to your first spot and throw over the chum ball. Work your way down the line and load up. Bigger nets will increase your catch exponentially. Dead-on with long shank 6 or 8 hooks. Tough baits like conch, octopus and squid will catch multiple fish.
Victor, love your vids. You also need to make sure you change the water out because they will deficate in it and it will kill the whole bucket or live well in my case yesterday. I forgot to turn on the pump and presto I had dead pinfish poop soup......
I highly recommend after catching livebait and only using a battery aerator to change the water every hour, especially the first hour they can foul the water pretty quickly
You are correct. That's why I Love my live well. Takes water from the lake and overflows out the side. Constant water change. Especially mullet! Those dirty suckers!
One other method, prob the best method for catching BAITFISH such as pinfish croakers etc but only applies to those with a boat.. If you wanna catch a lot of bait and do it quickly, buy yourself a little 10-15ft shrimp troll net. They're easy to use and with one or 2 drags you can get all the bait you want...
Just started watching your videos. New to Florida fishing, just started last week. I grew up in Colorado, so all we have is freshwater rivers and lakes. Trying to figure out how to fish out here so thanks for the helpful videos.
A slower but even easier way is to use a small hook and tiny cut piece of Berkeley Gulp baits. The shrimp or crab work very well. Pinfish love whatever it is that Berkeley is using for a scent in those baits. I caught the biggest pinfish I've ever seen on a gulp jig that was meant for snook, sucker must have been 7 inches.
Can of mackarel and a little white bread squished together makes great chum for pins and white bait mix together and ball it up toss wait 2 minutes ready to throw net
Suggestion for you. Get a can of cheap-o cat food with a pull tab lid. Ties about 3 feet of string to the tab with a cork on the end. Crack the lid of the can open about 1/4 of the way and toss in the water. The cork and string are for later retrieval. Wait a few minutes than cast around the can. You'll fill up your bucket pretty quick.
I freakin love you're videos man.. I live around these areas and I just started learning saltwater and flats fishing. I appreciate this videos they really help
OK, reached where you talked about using the canned food. It does work, I just make sure I retrieve it. If you do not have a way to make your own chum, get a empty OJ or milk carton. Get some cheap cat food AND some cod liver oil if you wish OR a can of sardine in oil. In a mixing bowl, dump in enough cat food that you can fill your carton. Mix in a spoon of the oil or the sardine and mix. The oils help spread the smell. Fill up the carton and freeze. When ready, peel of the cardboard and drop the frozen chum in a nylon bag, drop overboard with a rope. Chum disperses as it thaws out. I also fish entrails during cleaning or any left over bait and keep and add to future chum.
Chuck Patrick The weight of the lead and the diameter of the hole's are what's important when getting a good net.mono is most common but you have nylon as well..if you want a net for pins and greenbacks you'll only need a decent five or six footer but make sure that the hoke's are tiny so the bait doesn't escape or get caught in the net(pain in the ass)
Here in Texas...grab you a Slim-Jim..break off a small piece..use a small hook..lasts a long time..emits a strong oil and odor in the water, pluss..you can have a snack..
thank you Landshark I appreciate all your tips and the time that you take out the show The View was what you do for Bait fish your fellow fisherman peace
After watching this show . I was so excited and ran to the bedroom and proudly show the old lady my pin fish ! She keep telling me it's a baby Mahura and to throw it back ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thats what i like about fishing in the south theres bait everywhere. In the tri state area the best bait is seaworms, mackerel,Squid,menhaden aka (bunker),eels and small scup if thats what the stripers and blue are feeding on. Seaworms, are the best but are expensive and picking for them is sometimes a backbreaker.
Great video! Some live bait speckled trout videos would be great. Here in coastal NC we fish live bait during the summer months and revert to soft plastics during the cold months. We fish our live bait utilizing a Khale offset hook on a 15-18 inch leader tied to mainline with a sliding egg weight or bullet weight to get it on the bottom.
We use a 4 foot ultralight rod with little spin reel, and 6-pound line. Little bobber and "hair hooks" which are thin as human hair. You can catch a dozen pinfish even on scraps from a ham sandwich, but a tiny piece of white fish belly will stay on the hook and catch a dozen pinfish. We catch all we want, over grass bottom. And pinfish actually put up a fight, on this tackle. You will get bowed up, when that bobber goes down.
Nice video. I wish I could have figured out how to cast the net I bought a couple years ago. I like the metal at the end of the video also,nice ending.
Pinfish and Grunts are Great Bait. I use them Live and into cut chunks and have caught Tons of species. I like to butterfly them for Grouper and cut the sharp spines off.
Hi , I cant come close to a pin fish that small all the ones I catch are between 7 to 10 inches long and I haven't caught much on them on the other hand the white grunts are about that big and I bang the bull reds on them , have you ever used pinfish of that size ,,,,,,,,, will they make better live bait with there spines snipped ?
I have used the big ones cut up into chunks and some live. They work for Big bottom fish and sharks but the bites are few and far in between then the smaller ones.
Cool video! You guys gonna try and fish the last weekend for red Snapper this weekend? The weather sucked here in Jacksonville so we didn’t go last weekend.
I was in Pensacola about 20 years ago fishing on the bridge with some friends. One got a ribbon fish on a silver jerkbait and I used a piece got a pinfish cut it in half gave it to my friend told him through under the light. 8 lbs spec said quick through again 6 lbs spec back to back on pinfish .
Great video. Will use all those tips in December. My timeshare ( topsider resort) was too damaged by Irma but rented house near Robbie's these tips will come in handy. Thanks 🇺🇸🎣🍻
I like the way you explore different places. And i always enjoy your's and Brook videos. You both are my favorite ppl, good luck and hoping to see many more videos from you :)
Nice job..u gotta a video on how and where to hook those ?? Thru the back I'm thinking..also, starting to get cooler here in Tampa Bay..are pins gonna be good for shook this winter or should I try for shrimp? Thanks again dude!
First off I heard croaker are going for 40$ a dozen in certain places in Florida. That's straight BS. NEVER EVER EVER WOULD I SPEND 20-40$ FOR A DOZEN CROAKER OR PINFISH. Anyways I tend to disagree on pinfish being a really good bait for inshore fish such as speckled trout flounder redfish... Ive caught redfish using pinfish but man I've never had ANY LUCK catching trout or flounder with them. Croakers on the other hand....for INSHORE FISHING. Yeah croakers are the shhhh lol. Thry work great offshore as well. Now I do most of my fishing in the Alabama portion of the Gulf but that shouldnt really make much of a diff. Cool vid tho man 🙂
I throw those out on the canal between sarasota and siesta key and i was throwing them live and cut ans we caught ethier a hard head catfish or a gafftop sail catfish every 15 minites or less
Down around Hillsboro Inlet in Pompano, I haven’t run into many Pinfish, but there is a Ton of Blue Striped Grunts. Do you think these Grunts would work good for Snook, Tarpon and other species, Victor?
All those herring/sprat or minnow, as you said, feeding the birds at the end, over here in Oz, I luv them for live baiting big fish. Jewfish (Ur reds) flathead, not catfish, Threadfin salmon and Spanish Mackrel, ur Kingfish. You should try them some time n not feed the Heron. 😂😂
If you live in mississippi like me you would already know this but this is good advice for those who dont already know this and drum reds gar jacks everything eats them
Can you talk about or are there videos on the rigging/equipment/rod set ups to catch these nice fish. I live in Miami so close to Keys bridges but no boat. Thanks
How easy is it for Canadians to come and work/live in Florida? It would be so nice to turn that dream into a reality, I’d trade a high paying office job to be a commercial fisherman down there any day.
I haven't used piggy perch for much, but I have watched a guy catch the hell out of speckled trout on them. He would cut off the dorsal fin so that the trout could more easily consume them, and he caught his limit pretty quickly.
i love you videos i have been watching your videos since 10k and every time i watch you videos i want to go fishing and i find these videos so helpful because i am getting that age were i have to catch and cook my OWN fish and not rely on my mom if you know what i mean 😉 - Myles🐟
Im from OKlahoma so obviously i fish freshwater but we do go to the gulf every summer and saltwater fish. We catch fish like these often when we do and I kind of relate them to a freshwater bluegill. Are they in the same family? They are built a like just different color and also both are tough like you mentioned.
I began targeting cobia in the Gulf late 1950s and through the 1960s. Caught dozens and dozens. Never found any bait better than live pinfish (even though we called them “shiners” because that’s what we learned from the fishing camp guides in the ‘50s in the Big Bend between St. Marks and Panacea.
Caught and sold pinfish commercially for years. You mentioned using a can of cat food with holes in it for chum. I grind Gulf Menhaden, mix with sand in a bucket, make chum balls and toss into known pinfish areas. If I'm throwing the net off the beach, I'll toss a ball of chum, make a line in the sand to mark the spot, walk down the beach a few yards and repeat. Do this about four times, go back to your first spot and throw over the chum ball. Work your way down the line and load up. Bigger nets will increase your catch exponentially. Dead-on with long shank 6 or 8 hooks. Tough baits like conch, octopus and squid will catch multiple fish.
Power to the people! Who wants to see a "How to catch goggle eye video" ?
Landshark Fishing I do
I do
Where are you cast netting? How do you know how to find a good location?
Landshark Fishing 1/4in mesh or 3/8in?
Yessss I️ love these type of videos
Victor, love your vids. You also need to make sure you change the water out because they will deficate in it and it will kill the whole bucket or live well in my case yesterday. I forgot to turn on the pump and presto I had dead pinfish poop soup......
I highly recommend after catching livebait and only using a battery aerator to change the water every hour, especially the first hour they can foul the water pretty quickly
You are correct. That's why I Love my live well. Takes water from the lake and overflows out the side. Constant water change. Especially mullet! Those dirty suckers!
One other method, prob the best method for catching BAITFISH such as pinfish croakers etc but only applies to those with a boat.. If you wanna catch a lot of bait and do it quickly, buy yourself a little 10-15ft shrimp troll net. They're easy to use and with one or 2 drags you can get all the bait you want...
Just started watching your videos. New to Florida fishing, just started last week. I grew up in Colorado, so all we have is freshwater rivers and lakes. Trying to figure out how to fish out here so thanks for the helpful videos.
A slower but even easier way is to use a small hook and tiny cut piece of Berkeley Gulp baits. The shrimp or crab work very well. Pinfish love whatever it is that Berkeley is using for a scent in those baits. I caught the biggest pinfish I've ever seen on a gulp jig that was meant for snook, sucker must have been 7 inches.
Víctor, the catch AND cooks are always great but informative videos like this are always best. Thank you for the tips. Please keep them coming!!!👍🏼
Can of mackarel and a little white bread squished together makes great chum for pins and white bait mix together and ball it up toss wait 2 minutes ready to throw net
Cleaned and prepare the right way the pin fish is very tasty!!!.
Great video as always! I really love fishing with pinfish. Those big snook hammer them!
which Wal-Mart do you shop at cause that net is fire lol. probably the keys Wal-Mart
Catch Em All Fishing aye
mobile hwy has good stuff I got a 9 foot net for 59.99
Walmart sells Betts nets. Old salts in up to 8 feet I beilieve
Catch Em All Fishing new custom net made just for the RUclips prostaff team...very nice
Found a 11ft net where I live
I caught my personal best snook on a live pinfish. Weighed 38 lbs. and gave me a great memory that I'll take to the grave.
Suggestion for you. Get a can of cheap-o cat food with a pull tab lid. Ties about 3 feet of string to the tab with a cork on the end. Crack the lid of the can open about 1/4 of the way and toss in the water. The cork and string are for later retrieval. Wait a few minutes than cast around the can. You'll fill up your bucket pretty quick.
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Na it's from the people who dislike him feeding the birds
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Thanks Vic! Trying to save money down here near Sanibel for Snook fishing but keep going with these tips so I can get on the water more often.
Awesome to hear!
I freakin love you're videos man.. I live around these areas and I just started learning saltwater and flats fishing. I appreciate this videos they really help
Thank you!
good video man, i'm out looking for pinfish today actually lol
Like the video, I fish in iowa almost every chance I get, but 1-2 a year I get to do saltwater fishing so the tips help a lot
OK, reached where you talked about using the canned food. It does work, I just make sure I retrieve it. If you do not have a way to make your own chum, get a empty OJ or milk carton. Get some cheap cat food AND some cod liver oil if you wish OR a can of sardine in oil. In a mixing bowl, dump in enough cat food that you can fill your carton. Mix in a spoon of the oil or the sardine and mix. The oils help spread the smell. Fill up the carton and freeze. When ready, peel of the cardboard and drop the frozen chum in a nylon bag, drop overboard with a rope. Chum disperses as it thaws out. I also fish entrails during cleaning or any left over bait and keep and add to future chum.
I liked the video a lot! I now want to go down to Walmart and get me a 6 or 8 ft cast net for bait...
Chuck Patrick I got a Walmart Castnet and it works great.
www.walmart.com/ip/FITEC-SS1000-Super-Spreader-6-x-3-8-Cast-Net/23091522 Is this the one you got?
Chuck Patrick The weight of the lead and the diameter of the hole's are what's important when getting a good net.mono is most common but you have nylon as well..if you want a net for pins and greenbacks you'll only need a decent five or six footer but make sure that the hoke's are tiny so the bait doesn't escape or get caught in the net(pain in the ass)
Most monofilament lines are nylon. Mono just means it's a single strand as opposed to a braided line made from multiple strands..
I’ve never had any problem catching pinfish. To put it VERY mildly!
They're bait stealers that become bait lol
I've been using a cast net lately, been fun. Bit of a learning curve. Caught some good bait. I'm inland, so I use it for catfish.
Pin fish are really good to eat and great bait. Torpon, Blue Fish and Flounder love’em
BLUE FISH CAN'T FIT A PIN IN HIS MOUTH, I CAN TELL THAT YOU DON'T FISH
Here in Texas...grab you a Slim-Jim..break off a small piece..use a small hook..lasts a long time..emits a strong oil and odor in the water, pluss..you can have a snack..
Curly One ike
Curly One Supposedly works great for bluegill and catfish in fresh water.
Curly One funny but true from corpus
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Wouldn't work, I'd eat the bait.
thank you Landshark I appreciate all your tips and the time that you take out the show The View was what you do for Bait fish your fellow fisherman peace
thank you Alex!
After watching this show . I was so excited and ran to the bedroom and proudly show the old lady my pin fish ! She keep telling me it's a baby Mahura and to throw it back ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I like to use a small trout hook with a dough ball mixture of flour, water and anchovie paste. just roll a small ball on the hook and you can't miss.
Another good place that I get pin fish is on a pier down beside the pilings using a Sabiki rig.
Thats what i like about fishing in the south theres bait everywhere. In the tri state area the best bait is seaworms, mackerel,Squid,menhaden aka (bunker),eels and small scup if thats what the stripers and blue are feeding on. Seaworms, are the best but are expensive and picking for them is sometimes a backbreaker.
I’m right because the boat ramp is on your left !!! The red fish by the cop dock on your left are crazy
Great tips Victor. Now I need to make my husband watch this video so he can net all the bait fish!
hahaha
I like the video and I like saving money by avoiding the bait shops.
Great video! Some live bait speckled trout videos would be great. Here in coastal NC we fish live bait during the summer months and revert to soft plastics during the cold months. We fish our live bait utilizing a Khale offset hook on a 15-18 inch leader tied to mainline with a sliding egg weight or bullet weight to get it on the bottom.
Good job on providing great content.
We use a 4 foot ultralight rod with little spin reel, and 6-pound line. Little bobber and "hair hooks" which are thin as human hair. You can catch a dozen pinfish even on scraps from a ham sandwich, but a tiny piece of white fish belly will stay on the hook and catch a dozen pinfish. We catch all we want, over grass bottom. And pinfish actually put up a fight, on this tackle. You will get bowed up, when that bobber goes down.
Wow those little pilchards are awesome bait and even better live chum, I can't believe you gave them to the birds.
Up here in New England our favorite bait to use is fresh snagged bunker
Like these hints. You do seem to catch more than other fishermen especially me.
Chumming the water and using rod/reel works good aswell if a cast net isn’t available
I like catching pinfish with a rod and reel because it's fun on ultra light gear.
Fantastic Video My Friend Nicely Done Thank You For Sharing 😎
thank you!
Nice video. I wish I could have figured out how to cast the net I bought a couple years ago. I like the metal at the end of the video also,nice ending.
Nice video FYI I use a gulp strip they seam to stay on and do not have to keep re baiting.
Pinfish and Grunts are Great Bait. I use them Live and into cut chunks and have caught Tons of species. I like to butterfly them for Grouper and cut the sharp spines off.
Hi , I cant come close to a pin fish that small all the ones I catch are between 7 to 10 inches long and I haven't caught much on them on the other hand the white grunts are about that big and I bang the bull reds on them , have you ever used pinfish of that size ,,,,,,,,, will they make better live bait with there spines snipped ?
I have used the big ones cut up into chunks and some live. They work for Big bottom fish and sharks but the bites are few and far in between then the smaller ones.
Great video victor!
thank you
Landshark Fishing no problem keep up the good work
Cool video! You guys gonna try and fish the last weekend for red Snapper this weekend? The weather sucked here in Jacksonville so we didn’t go last weekend.
No didn't get a chance to unfortunately.
you can also catch pinfish on a small long shanked hook and a angus beef hotdog or almost any kind of meat
Angus beef? Really?
Great tips! Bait Fish Chum will bring 100's of them to you at once. You'll be loaded up for the day in one toss
love tackle tues
Awesome Video!!! Very Useful!!
You make it look so easy. Great vids and thanks for the tip.
Thank you man!
I was in Pensacola about 20 years ago fishing on the bridge with some friends. One got a ribbon fish on a silver jerkbait and I used a piece got a pinfish cut it in half gave it to my friend told him through under the light. 8 lbs spec said quick through again 6 lbs spec back to back on pinfish .
Great video. Will use all those tips in December. My timeshare ( topsider resort) was too damaged by Irma but rented house near Robbie's these tips will come in handy. Thanks 🇺🇸🎣🍻
Where were you fishing this day.
Looks like a nice shore line for anyone who may not have a boat?
Nice informative video.
You can also use it for shark and as cut bait for big sting ray
Great video, very helpful hints. Now I believe I can find and catch bait like you. I'm grateful.
I always wondered. Is it the top of the net or the bottom of the net that closes up when pulling it back?
I like the way you explore different places. And i always enjoy your's and Brook videos. You both are my favorite ppl, good luck and hoping to see many more videos from you :)
Like the tips keep them coming
Good video..will keep in mind about the reel part and hook
Love the how to videos, And the shark fishing videos 2 reasons I subscribed to you. Miss those videos.
I miss the shark fishing, but it will be back.
Caught some pinfish the other day and used it as bait. Went fishing in this one spot around 5:30 and caught a black tip off of that.
Wish we could make bait so easily on the west coast(california). Its a completely different ball game here in Cali.
Nice job..u gotta a video on how and where to hook those ?? Thru the back I'm thinking..also, starting to get cooler here in Tampa Bay..are pins gonna be good for shook this winter or should I try for shrimp? Thanks again dude!
Great video bro,keep them coming!
First off I heard croaker are going for 40$ a dozen in certain places in Florida. That's straight BS. NEVER EVER EVER WOULD I SPEND 20-40$ FOR A DOZEN CROAKER OR PINFISH. Anyways I tend to disagree on pinfish being a really good bait for inshore fish such as speckled trout flounder redfish... Ive caught redfish using pinfish but man I've never had ANY LUCK catching trout or flounder with them. Croakers on the other hand....for INSHORE FISHING. Yeah croakers are the shhhh lol. Thry work great offshore as well. Now I do most of my fishing in the Alabama portion of the Gulf but that shouldnt really make much of a diff. Cool vid tho man 🙂
I have called giant flounder on pin fish as well.
I throw those out on the canal between sarasota and siesta key and i was throwing them live and cut ans we caught ethier a hard head catfish or a gafftop sail catfish every 15 minites or less
Down around Hillsboro Inlet in Pompano, I haven’t run into many Pinfish, but there is a Ton of Blue Striped Grunts.
Do you think these Grunts would work good for Snook, Tarpon and other species, Victor?
Question? My folks have a dock in a community off the Inter-coastal. Can I drop a bait trap? Will there by any decent bait fish there?
Awesome. Cant wait to try it
All those herring/sprat or minnow, as you said, feeding the birds at the end, over here in Oz, I luv them for live baiting big fish. Jewfish (Ur reds) flathead, not catfish, Threadfin salmon and Spanish Mackrel, ur Kingfish. You should try them some time n not feed the Heron. 😂😂
Thank you for insight on how to become Floridian fishing
super cool vid!👍
Awesome advice Victor!
Bread and corn work good too
I had 13 live shrimp live for 49 hours in that bucket with an aerator things the GOAT
Does it help to chum the grass flat with sand balls or something before you start throwing?
If you live in mississippi like me you would already know this but this is good advice for those who dont already know this and drum reds gar jacks everything eats them
Loved the video! That song at the end always makes my neck hurt though
Can you talk about or are there videos on the rigging/equipment/rod set ups to catch these nice fish. I live in Miami so close to Keys bridges but no boat. Thanks
Pinfish: Hello im swimming around with a hook stuck in my back.
Yellowtail:
Hold my beer
To me pinfish r the bluegill of the ocean because all they do I wipe ur hook clean now I know they’re good bait it’s time for revenge
TOTALLY!!
Spot are that way too
They really like bluegill cause if I get a mess of em I'll fry em up like a bluegill! Lol
@@XXmrlongbotomleafXX they taste pretty good. One time I went to Florida and every pinkish I caught was over 11" so I had dinner lol
Like the video like always Vic!
Is that coquina beach well the boat ramp side by the bridge?
That bird in the background was looking for lunch too he knows the spot lol.
XD
I know all these things but it still feels good to watch it
How easy is it for Canadians to come and work/live in Florida? It would be so nice to turn that dream into a reality, I’d trade a high paying office job to be a commercial fisherman down there any day.
Awesome info ...Thanks for sharing ..
Definitely use a smaller hook for pinfish. Oh, I just saw you decided to use a sabiki.
Great video bra ❤️❤️!!!
I haven't used piggy perch for much, but I have watched a guy catch the hell out of speckled trout on them. He would cut off the dorsal fin so that the trout could more easily consume them, and he caught his limit pretty quickly.
i love you videos i have been watching your videos since 10k and every time i watch you videos i want to go fishing and i find these videos so helpful because i am getting that age were i have to catch and cook my OWN fish and not rely on my mom if you know what i mean 😉
- Myles🐟
Thank you Myles! Take up cooking its a great thing to learn in life and you may even love it!
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Living in south Fl East coast where to cast for shrimp ?
Im from OKlahoma so obviously i fish freshwater but we do go to the gulf every summer and saltwater fish. We catch fish like these often when we do and I kind of relate them to a freshwater bluegill. Are they in the same family? They are built a like just different color and also both are tough like you mentioned.
What size hook do U use to hook those pi fish? Thank you
Good job on the video!
Thanks for the video my bro. Very helpful!